The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-06-03
The NORTHWEST.

The NORTHWEST.
Three young men havlngin their possession
1870 pocketknives and twcnty.one raxors, were
arrested Saturday at slgourney on suspicion
Of being burglars.
The cemmon council Of Atlantic has passed
an ordinance exempting from city taxation
for five years all industries and manufactures
investing & 5000 or norc.
4. The Des Moines papers are 10th to admit
that their base ball players are not a match
for the Milwaukees, and blame the three sue
ccssive defeats upon the umpire.
The Rev. T. n. Dabney, who disappeared
some time ago from Floris, With his wife'a
sister, HIS returned and declares that he never
had any intention of marrying the girl.
The Perigo murder trial was concluded at
Alton on Thursday and the case given to the
Jury. After celebrating twenty-four hours
the Jury reported that they could not agree.
The jury in the infanticide case on trial at
Burlington failed to agree and the defend.
ants, Mary Belle Perkins and Sarah Perkins,
renamed to jail to await . new trial in Sep.
TENDER.
Thursday the Ida Grove Pioneer moved into
new and commodious quarters, and will i'm.
mcdiately add to its already extensive outfit
a five.horse engine and eight horse power
boiler.
The measles arc raging at Burlington. One
strange feature Is that those who have had
the disease before are taking It again, and
one young lady is reported. to have the third
attack.
An Atlantic capitalist, whose property wa.
OF the portable kind, loaded 10000 in hi,
grip and took up his residence In Omaha 10,
a month at the time the assessor was making
his rounds.
The Buean Vista county farmers meet al
Storm Lake on Saturday, May 81, to organic.
a Farmers Mutual Insurance COMPANY. ami
enough have already endorsed the movement
to insure its success.
Charles Gibbs, a Nebraska carpenter who
wal en- route east with his wife became VIC
lently insane at Burlington and was taker
from the train. His present condition is du,
to excessive drinking.
oThc Register and Leader printers of De
Moines, played a match game Of ball Frida,
and the Leader lost. 1t explains, sthrough tb,
rank decisions of the umpire, assistant fore
man of the Register"
lniunctions were last Wednesday granite,
against four prominent citizens of Spence
for dealing in hard cider. The beverage wa
analysed by experts andfound to contain from
2 to 8 per cent of alcohol.
A base ball convention was held at Ncwto,
ON Friday and a state league organized. 81,
clubs were represented. G. A. Hannaford, o
Webster City, was elected president, and E
j. Salmon, of Newton, secretary.
NEBRASKA
More trees were planted in Fullerton thi,
season than ever before.
The prospecting hole at Chadron Representa-
$1,000 and still no artesian water.
Congressman McShanc has contributed el0t
toward the press building to be erected on til,
assembly grounds at Crete.
O'Leary won othe ffty-hour h~eel-and-to
walking match at Omaha by a score of 2O
miles and IA laps. Hart came next with ~
miles and half a lap.
A burglar tried to enter n houee al Madiso,
q few days ago, but was nearly scared out o
his wits by the lady of the house, who hap
rencd to hear the rascal,
A meeting of representatives Of yariou
committees on the line of the propose,
road from Yankton to Omaha was held Tues
day at the last named city.
Mrs. F. A. White, of Hay Springs, took a
overdose of aconite to quiet her nerves. |
WAS quite successful. She leaves a sorrowin
husband and a threc-ycar old con.
At the Norfolk tournament of north N,
braska sportsmen Judge j. b. Barnes. q
Ponca, won the gold medal by shootin
straight fifteen birds, eighteen yards rise.
Walter Long, near Nebraska City, tried I
discharge an old musket Thursday, whic
failed to go of. He looked down the barr,
and is now minus the greater portion of hi
nasal appendage and will doubtless lose til
sight of one eye.
Two Cercsco MGR were engaged in settlin
a dispute a 10 Sullivan when Ed Pound.
clerk in the drug store of one of the comba
tants, rushed out and fired a pistol at hi
employers antagonist. Nobody was hit, bu
the pusilists were sufficiently scared to SUI,
pend hostilitics there and then. Pound WIS
taken in charge by the sheriff and will h
asked to cxplain.
A military company has been organized 8
Long Pine. Frank Whtttemore was electe
captain; j. B. Macarthur, first lieutenant
w. j. COPYRIGHT, second lieutenant; Charlie
ingalls,, orderly sergeant; w. L. Whittcmor.
quartermaster. Every n eintercsted is gofn
I" do all in their power to make It one of til
best companies in Nebraska.
A largely attended land league meeting va
held at Battle Greek Thursday. Addresee
we're made by John p. Sutton, secretary q
the National league; Ben White, of Norfoll
and Alex Athcy, of Burnett county. A leagu
was organized with John Flynn, of Norfolk
president; Alex Athey, secretary; p. j
O'Neill, Battle Creek, treasurer.
DAKOTA.
An Episcopal church. building has bee
commenced at Aberdeen.
Crop reports from some portions of mort
Dakota are not encouraging.
A Highmore man anchors hisshouse I
mother earth with long half.tnch iron rods.
The Watertown Insurance company bepa
to do business in Indiana and Illinois o
Wednesday.
The graders have commenced work on th
extension of the Northern Pacific from Law
renee to Edgeley.